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Portrait of Bill and Ellen Thomas, formerly enslaved, Bill and Ellen Thomas, ex-slaves, Hondo
Bill and Ellen Thomas, ex-slaves, HondoBill and Ellen Thomas, Ages 88 and 81
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Texas
Biography · formerly enslaved

Bill and Ellen Thomas

A biography drawn from Bill's own account is being prepared. Their own words are below.

, John Snyder, i-ariah Southwell, Patsy Spinks, Leithean Stewart, Guy Stone, William Stringfellow, Yach Strong, Bert Taylor, Emma Taylor, I.ollie Terriell, Jake Terrill, J. W. Thor::as, Allen Thomas, Bill and Ellen Thomas, Lucy Thomas, Fhilles Thomas. William I.:. Thompson, L'ary Thompson, Penny Todd, Albert Trimble, Aleck Tucker, Reeves 1 3 6 9 15 17 19 4 27 30 33 36 41 44 47 52 55 57 61 64 67 70 73 76 78 80 83 85 ^ 89 92 95 100 103 106 108 116 Turner, Lou 118 V Valker, Irella Battle Walton, John Walton, Sol Washington, Ella Washington, Rosa Washington, S&TI Jones Watkins, William 'Watson, Dianah "Watson, Srama West, James White, Adeline Wickliffe, Sylvester Sostan Wi 11iaus, Daphne Wiiliaias, Horatio tf. Willians, Lou Williams, Millie Williams, Rose "."/illiais, Steve Willians, V/ayman Williaras, Willie Wilson, Lulu 'Wilson, Wash Winn, '/fillis "Witt, Rube Woods, Ruben Woodson, Willis Wborlina, Jar.es G. 'Wright, Caroline Wroe, Sallie 155 160 164 166 170 174 179 182 187 190 195 201 208 211 214 216 219 223 Yarbrough, Fannie Young, Litt Young, Louis Young, Teshan 225 227 232 235 7?.7\ 122 125 128 131 134 138 141 144 147 150 153 ILLUSTRATIONS Facing page Mazique Sanco 1 Clarissa Scales 3 Abram Sells 9 George Selraan 15 Callie Shepherd 17 Betty Simmons 19 George Simmons 24 Giles Smith 30 James W. Smith 33 Jordon Smith 36 Uillie Ann Smith 41 John Sneed 47 Mariah Snyder 52 Leithean Spinks 57 William Stone 64 Yach Stringfellow 67 Bert Strong 70 Emma Taylor 73 Allen Thomas 83 Bill and Ellen Thomas 85 Lucy Thomas ' 89 Philles Thomas 92 William K. Thomas 95 Facing page Mary Thompson 100 Penny Thompson 103 Albert Todd 106 Reeves Tucker 116 Lou Turner 118 Sol Walton - 128 Rosa Washington 134 Sam Jones Washington 138 William Watkins 141 Emma Watson 147 James lest 150 Adeline…

From the Federal Writers' Project slave narratives, 1936–1938. The interviewers wrote down their words in the 1930s, often in dialect spellings that reflect the interviewer more than the speaker.

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